Google Pixel 3 XL vs Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)

Price Comparison (India)

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Manufacturer
Google	Samsung
Announced
October 2018	December 2017
Status
Available - November 2018	Coming Soon - January 2018
Price
Rs. 65,000 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]	Rs. 37,750 ($589.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Clearly White, Just Black, Not Pink	Black, orchid grey, gold, blue
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
158 x 76.7 x 7.9 mm (6.22 x 3.02 x 0.31 in)	149.2 x 70.6 x 8.4 mm (5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
Weight
184 g (6.49 oz)	172 g (6.07 oz)
SIM Type
Nano-SIM card & eSIM	Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 42(3500), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600)	LTE
Messaging
	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint Sensor - IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)	- Fingerprint Sensor - Samsung Pay - IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED
Yes	Yes

Type
P-OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified Version)
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
6.3 inches [Similar]	5.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi)	1080 x 2220 (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
83.28%	75.51%
Multi-Touch

OS
Android 9.0 (Pie)	Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Processor
Octa-core (4x2.5 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.6 GHz Kryo 385 Silver), Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) [Similar]	Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 630 [Similar]	Mali-G71 [Similar]
RAM
4 GB [Browse Similar]	4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
64/128 GB	32/64 GB
External Memory
No	microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Rear Camera
12.2 MP [Similar]	16 MP [Similar]
Flash
Dual-LED Flash	LED Flash
Features
12.2 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF Auto-HDR, Panorama	Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.7, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video
2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS)	1080p@30fps
Front Camera
8 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 19mm (ultrawide), no AF, Auto-HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]	Dual 16 MP + 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/75 Mbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth
5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD	5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
Yes	HTML5

Internal
64/128 GB, 4 GB RAM	32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No	microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Supported	Not Supported

Fingerprint

Proximity Sensor

Accelerometer Sensor

Magnetic-field Sensor (Compass)

Gyroscope Sensor

Barometer Sensor

NFC